Place:

Rishworth
West Riding

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Rishworth like this:

RISHWORTH, a township in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles S W of Halifax. Acres, 6, 190. Real property, £4, 551. Pop. in 1851, 1, 540; in 1861, 1, 244. Houses, 252. The manor belongs to the trustees of the Savile estates. Cotton-spinning and paper-making are carried on. There is a large endowed school, givingboard and education to 30 boys in the upper department, to 25 boys in the lower department, and to 15 girls.

A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics
for administrative units.
For the best overall sense of how the area containing
Rishworth has changed, please see our
redistricted information for the modern district of
Calderdale.
More detailed statistical data are available under
Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units
covering Rishworth and units named after it.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
History of Rishworth, in Calderdale and West Riding | Map and description,
A Vision of Britain through Time.